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emptied

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verb

past tense of empty
as in evacuated
to remove the contents of empty the room before starting to paint the ceiling

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Recent Examples of emptied
Verb
Unlike a trash can, which can be emptied in a jiffy, garbage disposal cleaning needs to be more than running it for 30 seconds with hot water. Julia Mitchem, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024 Worst moment In terms of on-pitch moments, take your pick from the 6-0 defeat at Chelsea, the 3-2 defeat snatched from the jaws of victory against Bournemouth, or the recent 4-0 defeat at Manchester United where the away end had emptied long before the final whistle. Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024 The war with Hezbollah emptied Israel’s north. Natasha Frost, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024 The war had largely emptied the rolling hills along Israel’s border with Lebanon, but about a dozen farmers had stayed put. Jack Nicas, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024 Break down cardboard, shirt and gift boxes so more can fit in the recycling container and fall out readily as it is emptied, Allen said. Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024 In the fourth quarter, the sections of the Horseshoe once painted in orange had largely emptied. Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024 Sturgeon emptied his first clip right there, in the conference room. Chris Isidore, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024 By contrast, a rally of Yoon supporters emptied following the news. Joyce Lee, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emptied
Adjective
  • More than 200 guests were invited to the nuptials, yet Sarah showed a nearly empty venue after waiting for an hour and a half in a now-viral video recently posted on TikTok.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
  • What To Know The ASTRA Telegram channel, a project run by independent Russian journalists, said Ukraine targeted the plant in a massive drone attack, and struck an empty tank on its territory.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • As shown in Pratt’s Instagram Stories, the house burned to the ground, but their entire family was evacuated to safety.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The mother of Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr evacuated from her home in the Los Angeles area as wildfires raged on Tuesday into Wednesday morning.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The building was unoccupied during the attack, according to police reports reviewed by The Associated Press.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Four retail spaces on the property are also unoccupied.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The Code Blue took effect Sunday night — before a body was pulled from a burning and vacant home on North Avenue.
    Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2025
  • In December, before the fires, the median rent for vacant units of all sizes across Los Angeles County was $2,045, down 0.7% from a year earlier but 6.8% more than in December 2019, according to data from Apartment List.
    Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The injunction, which applies to the 2025 season unless it is vacated on appeal, blocks NASCAR from denying 23XI Racing and Front Row the same terms offered to charter teams and ensures the two teams are not compelled to release legal claims against NASCAR.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Title 9 Sports Grill, a sports bar focused on women's athletics, will open in January in the Melrose District space being vacated by Short Leash Hotdogs and Taproom.
    Axios Phoenix, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The agency works to ensure all the world’s seas, oceans and navigable waters are surveyed and charted uniformly, and also names some of them.
    Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
  • In the Arctic, two shipping lanes are navigable during the summer — Northwest Passage or Northern Sea Route (which transits Canada and the U.S.) and Northeast Passage (which follows the Russian Arctic coast and continues into Europe).
    Deena Zaidi, Quartz, 16 Jan. 2025

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